Published 13:53 IST, August 13th 2020

International Left Handers Day: ICC celebrates Mohd Amir dismissing Virat Kohli in CT 2017

On the International Left Handers Day, ICC shared a video which featured Virat Kohli's 2017 Champions Trophy FInal dismissal to Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir.

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International Left Handers Day is celebrated annually on 13th of August to celebrate uniqueness and differences of left-handers, who comprise 7 to 10 percent of world's population. International cricket has witnessed a plethora of left-arm fast bowlers over years, who have time and again mastered opposition batsmen with ir skill. On International Left Handers Day, International Cricket Council (ICC) shared a video of some of great dismissals by left-arm pacers in recent ODI tournaments. 

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International Left Handers Day: ICC pays tribute to left-arm pacers, shares video of Mohammad Amir dismissing Virat Kohli 

video shared by ICC on International Left handers Day features some of great deliveries bowled by left-arm pacers and started with Australian ace Mitchell Starc breaching defence of Ben Stokes during a league st match of 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. Australian nailed a perfect yorker which tailed into Stokes, hitting stumps and that dismissed England all-rounder, who is also a left-handed batsman, for a well-made 89. 

wicket was a monumental moment in match as it helped Australia win game by 64 runs. video n featured New Zealand pacer Trent Boult's swinging yorker, which got better of Aussie ace Usman Khawaja. left-handed batsman had stitched a match-saving partnership with Alex Carey, but Boult's bullet in last over of match denied him a century.

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final segment of ir International Left Handers Day video featured 2017 Champions Trophy final where Mohammad Amir, who ran past India's top-order to seal a memorable victory for Pakistan. Among Mohammad Amir's scalps was that of Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who was dismissed adding just a paltry five runs to scoreboard. India never recovered from left-arm pacer's opening spell and slipped to an embarrassing 180-run defeat, which also saw Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma fall cheaply.

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England vs Pakistan 2020: Mohammad Amir joins squad after clearing COVID-19 tests 

England vs Pakistan 2020 series will see two teams lock horns in a three-match Test series, followed by three T20Is. While Mohammad Amir retired from longest format of game, he very much continues to be in Pakistan's white-ball plans and was named in squad for tour. 28-year-old had initially made himself unavailable for England vs Pakistan 2020 tour citing birth of his second child. However, Mohammad Amir came forward and made himself available for selection after his second child was born. 'Men in Green' are currently trailing in Test series, having lost first Test after Jos Buttler and Chris Woakes rescued a come from behind win for England.

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13:53 IST, August 13th 2020